Title: Night of the Living Doll

Rating: R

Pairings: Sailor Moon/Tuxedo Mask

Summary: Sailor Moon is bitten by a youma with unexpected consequences. After finding her in an alley, Tuxedo Mask takes heroine back to his apartment. His curiosity gets the best of him.
Serena/Darien

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon copyright 2001 Naoko Takeuchi/Kondansha, Toei Animation. All rights reserved. Sailor Moon characters and their respective names are trademarks of TOEI Animation.
Licensed by DIC Entertainment, L.P.

Being a superhero wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Sure, you had adoring fans; who could say no to that? But it's not like you got to revel in your glory. There was the occasional photo op
or kids wanting to hug their saviors; Jupiter once had a full on, if quick, make out session with an actor they had rescued. Unfortunately, superhero and secret identity go hand in hand.
Everyone loved Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi, but one would hardly revere a ditzy, 17-year-old high school student and her friends.

Then there was the other side of the battle. It was all right when the victims were thanking you or walking away unharmed. Sometimes they weren't so lucky. Plus, there were injuries. In
comics, superheroes always heal faster than normal people. That was true for the Sailor Senshi, too, but that didn't make the ordeal any less painful. After three years a Sailor Senshi, it still
hadn't gotten much easier.

"And what gives with that, anyway?" Sailor Moon wondered, as she quickly dragged a young boy out of the way of the battle. The blue skinned youma they were battling had a nasty habit of
spitting, which had the even nastier effect of solidifying and gluing people to the spot. It had been running a video game arcade to drain energy. Of course no one would ever find it odd for
people to sit completely unmoving at video game consoles, so that was a fairly clever plan on the Dark Kingdom's part. "You'd think after three years they would have gotten to the point. They
gripe about rainbow crystals here and there, but they really seem to be dragging it out."

After moving the final victim out of harms way, Sailor Moon discovered that the senshi had done a pretty good job of beating up on the youma, who was looking rather worse for the wear. The
arcade uniform it had been wearing was shredded in places and severely singed in others. She looked to Sailor Mercury, who had been standing off to the side, checking the youma for signs of
weakness. The other girl pointed to the ear piece the youma wore, which Sailor Moon thought looked sort of like a Bluetooth. "Downfall of society," she giggled to herself. Taking off her tiara, she
prepared for the finishing blow.

As though it sensed that the end was near, the youma surged forward toward Sailor Moon in a sudden burst of its remaining energy. She was about halfway through her windup when it
launched itself through the air and latched onto her neck with its teeth, only to stumble backwards seconds later with a rose planted firmly in its shoulder.

Sailor Moon couldn't believe that the youma had the guts to bite her of all people, the woman who had personally dusted all of its closest pals. It would pay for that. Also, biting your victim on
the neck was such a cliché nowadays. She whipped her tiara the rest of the way around and sent it hurtling into the creature.

Sailor Mercury ran over to Sailor Moon as she settled her tiara back onto her head. She was quickly scanning the leader's injury, which was already showing signs of healing. "My computer isn't
showing any signs of infection."

"You think it had rabies?" Jupiter joked as she came up to stand beside them. She had been assisting the victims, but they seemed content wandering off into the sunset once they came back to
their senses.

Mercury glared at her. "Just checking. Better safe than sorry, you know."

"Thanks, Mercury. I have to get going. You know how Mom gets when I miss dinner. I'll let you know if anything comes up." So saying, Sailor Moon nodded to them and waved to Sailor Mars
before heading off.

AN: This should be only a few parts. I'm currently thinking 3. 4 at the most. Sorry if it takes me forever to finish.